Mitchell 31 MK1

Details

• Make: Mitchell
• Model: 31 MK1
• Engine Make & Model: Ford Sabre 6 Cylinder
• Horsepower: 120
• Fuel Type: Diesel
• Price: £14,995
• Location: In Newcastle Upon Tyne
• Hull Construction: Fibreglass (GRP)
• Drive Type: Reduction Gearbox with 4 bladed bronze propeller

Dimensions

• Beam: 3.35m
• Draft: 0.91m
• LWL: 8m
• LOA: 9.45m
• Fuel Tank Capacity: 200l
• Water Tank Capacity: 100l
• Builder: R.Mitchell & Son
• Designer: Alan Hill
• Hull Type: Semi Displacement

Summary

The Mitchell 31 has always been regarded as the 4X4 of the seas. This is due to her robust construction and excellent sea keeping qualities. She is a good, safe vehicle from which to catch cod. The cockpit space is huge and provides an ideal platform for up to 8 anglers. Engine is a Ford Sabre 6-cylinder diesel which has completed 2,333 hours and starts on the button. Added bonus is the 2-berth cabin, galley with full oven and the heads with sea toilet. This allows the possibility of overnight trips to fresh angling spots. Comprehensive electronic navigation package including radar, DSC VHF radios, colour chart plotters and depth sounders.

Mechanical

Vessel powered by a 6-cylinder Ford Sabre inboard diesel. PRM reduction gearbox driving a stainless steel shaft and 4-bladed bronze propeller. Engine is mid mounted and is accessed from a hinged hatch in the cockpit. This access allows all round access for daily checks and servicing. Last service was in April 2025. 
Single lever morse engine control. Key start. Full engine instrumentation including rev counter, hour meter, oil pressure and temperature.   

Electrical

Bank of 3x12V batteries providing engine start, bowthruster and domestic power. These are recharged via the engine alternator, onboard battery charger or the solar panels fitted to the wheelhouse roof. The batteries are fitted with a rotary style battery selector switch. Also fitted are visual readouts for each battery showing the current voltage. 

• Solar panels
• Battery monitors
• Solar charge monitors
• Bowthruster
• Trim tabs

Navigation

• Ritchie Angler Compass
• Standard Horizon CP500 colour chartplotter/sounder
• Raymarine Axiom 7 colour plotter with radar overlay
• Raymarine Quantum radar
• Garmin GPS128
• Standard Horizon Explorer DSC VHF
• Avansea FX400 DSC VHF radio
• Navigation Lights
• Horn

Deck

• Anchor with chain and warp
• Boarding ladder
• Filleting table

Safety

• Searchlight
• Electric bilge pump
• Perle buoys
• Radar reflector
• Fire blanket
• Fire extinguisher

Miscellaneous

• Mooring warps
• Fenders
• Boathook

Accommodation

Open plan cabin with seating/berths port and starboard. Small galley with gas fuelled Flavel Vanessa oven with 2-burner hob and grill. Stainless steel circular sink with pressurised freshwater tap. Storage cupboard opposite for provisions. 240V flat screen TV. 
Heads compartment with Jabsco marine toilet. 12V deck head lighting. 

Construction

GRP heavy layup hull with directional skeg. Blue painted topsides with wooden rub rail port and starboard and additional heavy-duty D-fender at deck join. Sheathed marine ply, self-draining decks. Timber storage lockers port and starboard in cockpit. Large foredeck with fighting chair. White GRP wheelhouse with locking wheelhouse door. Windscreen with wipers. Great all round visibility from helm. 

Disclaimer

For a full, detailed specification with additional photographs and direct contact details for the listing office visit our website

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

Unless otherwise stated on the specification sheet the following presumptions are made
- Sail drive and shaft seals are more than 5 years of age
- Fuel and gas hoses and regulators are over 5 years old
- Standing rigging and sails are more than 10 years old

Please note that as the broker/agent, we cannot guarantee or warrant the serviceability of any safety equipment included within the inventory, including but not limited to the condition, operation, or service dates of such equipment. It is the responsibility of the buyer to thoroughly inspect and assess the condition of all safety equipment prior to purchase.

NOTE - Please ring our offices prior to visiting, as the boat may be unavailable for viewing or located at a different marina.

Contact

boatpoint at Royal Quays Marina

newcastle@boatpoint.co.uk

0191 272 9086